prolixity

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/
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/pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/ · /pɹəʊˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/

Definition of prolixity

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
    “Of Skelton's one excursion into dramatic form, Magnificence, not much need be said. [...] Its fault, a fatal one in drama, is its prolixity, but cut by at least two-thirds it might act very much better than one imagines.”
    “Must I then for twenty-three mortal days endure the prolixity of that tedious woman?”

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Etymology

From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.

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